This is a list of all the basketball notes that we have compiled so far including NBA, college, high school, and youth development notes. This is a great resource for information about coaching basketball. We have notes about the Princeton offense, Memphis drive attack, Herb Welling's dribble drive motion, motion offense, Coach K notes, Nike Clinic notes, and more.

Sunday, May 25, 2008

1. (60) 1-4 Offensive Set Plays - for more information about this type of offense, go here to read our article: http://www.coachlikeapro.com/basketball-quick-hitter-offense.html2. Tom Izzo Sets & Quick Hitters - Includes his great zone quick hitters as well as man to man quick hitters3. Steve Smith (Oak Hill) - These are the quick hitters from his 40 series4. Mike D'Antoni - The head coach of the Phoenix Suns (for now) plays a fast style of offense, but these are some of his quick hitters that he uses in his high octane offense.5. Gregg McDermott - 22 pages of his set play offense. A great collection of notes on this set play offense.

Also includes sets from Doug Bruno, Pete Gillen, Todd Lickliter, Spanish National Team, Bobby Lutz, as well as others...

1. Dick Bennett - 50 pages of notes on Dick Bennetts Pack-line defense. Gathered from a clinic and other notes assembled from his DVD, this collection of notes covers everything from his break down drills, principles, practice plans, game preparation, and more. A great collection of notes to understand this defensive guru and his philosophy.

2. Bobby Huggins - His matchup zone rules and "box theory" of defense is included in this set of notes. After the remarkable defensive turnaround at WVU, his theory has been proven yet again. He believes in playing every pass in the passing lane to allow over the top passes forcing the ball into the corner and a smaller "box." Check this new theory of defensive basketball out on this collection.

3. Jim Calhoun - 20 pages of his multiple defensive system. Another great collection of notes that also includes his 2-2-1 zone press.

4. Rick Pitino - the only coach to ever take 3 different schools to a Final Four, Pitino's pressure defense is famous and this set of notes diagrams his famous BLACK and WHITE presses.

5. Vance Walberg - 30 pages of notes from a highly successful high school coach, Vance Walberg's system of defensive play has had an affect at the JUCO level and southern California. He has a system of pressing that includes man and zone principles that are unlike any other defense. Terminology such as controller, trapper, and interceptor are specific and easier for players to understand.

1. Bob Huggins – This is 15 pages assembled from a clinic where the open post offense was explained. Includes the quick hitters and things run by Huggins at West Virginia. Good starter set to understand the open post.

2. Jerry Petitgoue – One of the all-time best high school coaches, this is a huge collection of notes on his open post offense. He is probably more famous for his triple post offense which can be found in the set offenses, but he is a basketball genius successful at the high school level. Great set of notes for any coach.

3. Carrier's Open Post – This is an indepth analysis of 32 pages of the open post offense. It included every wrinkle to understand how to implement the motion offense.

4. Bruce Weber – The open post offense use by Bruce Weber at Illinois includes the break down drills to teach this offense. This is from a clinic and the set of notes will help any coach wanting to use the open post motion. It also includes their basic reads.

5. NBABullets Open Post - This is from the NBA's old team the Washington Bullets, now the Wizards, and includes a professional version of this offense. There are also some quick hitters that teams need to use to score quickly with this offense.

1. Steve Smith Workout Drills - Oak Hill Academy's Steve Smith is a legendary high school coach and his development of players is almost as famous. These are the drills he uses to improve players. Over 10 pages...

2. Rick Pitino Improvement Drills - The best coach at developing his basketball players. How many players has he made into NBA players? These are the new drills that he uses to improve the players skills.

3. Tom Crean - 37 pages of the booklet he uses to develop his basketball players. See the drills that the new Indiana coach will implement as he rebuilds that Big Ten powerhouse...

4. Herb LiveseyWarrior Drills - a scout for the Golden State Warriors, these are some of the drills used by the world's best players and includes a conditioning segment with the basketball drills. These are the famous "Warrior Drills" featured in Sports Illustrated.

5. Kevin Sutton's 26 Skill Development Drills - Coach Sutton is one of the best clinicians NIKE has and has done clinics all over the world on skill development. He is excellent at showing drills how to improve in the off season and his teams at Monteverde Academy demonstrate his teaching ability.

Thursday, May 22, 2008

10. 1-4 High Offensive Sets – This is a collection of 1-4 High Offensive sets put together by Dan Kiser. It is the best collection of 1-4 high sets I have seen and includes over 60 plays that start from the 1-4 alignment popular because of its ability to limit help during the initial alignment. Dan is the originator of the coaches’ club and the main reason I am putting this blog together. This is just strictly plays from a 1-4 high offensive set and has some of the best scoring options available.

9. Billy Donovan Spread Pick/Roll Offense – 20 pages of the two-time national championship teams’ spread pick/roll offense. The details of these notes are excellent and it includes a section from UF’s coaching clinic from 2007. Great clinic notes that provide special insight into the offense of Billy Donovan and another version of a penetrating motion offense. The pick/roll is one of the oldest tactics in basketball and is still being implemented at the highest levels of basketball.

8. The New Memphis Offense – This is 24 pages of a basketball clinic that is very organized and detailed describing what John Calipari calls his “Princeton Offense on steroids.” Based on Vance Wahlberg’s system of dribble motion, it has the basic principles, terminology, and some quick hitters included. There are tons of notes out there on this new style of play based on the dribble drive, but this one keeps it simple and allows you to understand the basics to see if you want to learn more. Great notes.

7. McDermott’s Set Play Offense – This is a collection of coaching notes based on his DVD and makes a good case for coaches that like to call out sets rather than rely on motion offense. He says that good set plays have counters for what the defense can try and take away. He also likes the ability of a coach to determine who is going to get the next shot by use of the set play. These notes include his thoughts about teaching set plays and have over 20 pages of different sets and alignments. This is a great set of notes for coaches that like quick hitters or just want to brush up on some sets for late game situations.

6. Duke’s Motion Offense to Attack Man/Zone Defense – Coach Jerry Nicholson reviewed this popular DVD and his website is http://www.winnetkabullets.com/. This is over 43 pages of a video review that offers coaches the chance to learn a, “a sound method that is effective against man and zone defense.” The thing I like the most about this review is that it includes ALL of the breakdown drills needed to make any offense successful. This is a great review of a video by a master of motion offense in Coach K.

5. Vance Wahlberg’s Pepperdine Offense – This is popular offense that led to the success of Vance Wahlberg while he was a high school coach and a JUCO coach. However, he ran into problems at Pepperdine where the platoon system was less effective because of the talent level of division one players. I think it works well in JUCO where kids have a hard time making adjustments to the game and in high school where that same problem is exacerbated. This is a great system for motion coaches, but like the Princeton, you have to play the entire system. This is not a collection of plays, and instead is a style of play that you have to live and breathe for it to be successful. Check out Vance Wahlberg Nation for more information about this system.

4. UAB/Indiana Basketball Playbook – This is a 57-page notebook of Coach Mike Davis’s Hi/Low Offense. This is very similar to Bill Self’s offense at Kansas as well as former Coach John Brady’s offense at LSU. Personally, I have seen this offense at different levels and even used it. I HATE it because it puts too much pressure on you to get the ball reversed to the middle of the floor with one of your post players. It is too easy to force a team to immediately use their counters because it is so basic. While one cannot argue with the results of some teams using this focus on the Hi/Low attack, it is still too dependent on talent for most teams to use. But that’s just my opinion…I know guys that love it.

3. Princeton Rules and Offense – This is quickly becoming one of the most popular offenses to run due to the success of teams like Georgetown, Richmond, Northwestern, and don’t forget Bill Carmody at Northwestern. He still teaches it better than anyone even though he hasn’t had the players to win with it in the Big 10. Jeff Bdzelik at Colorado formerly of Air Force is another genius using this offense. I think that this is a great offense, but more than that, it is a system of play that demands disciplined defense as well as a commitment to ball movement and shot selection. There are several great books out on this offense and I encourage you to seek out someone already running this after you have reviewed the notes.

2. 4 Out-1 In Motion/3 Out-2 In Motion – Two separate packets over 70 pages and 120 diagrams…put together by John Carrier and is very basic while still being detailed oriented. He talks about the different cuts, angles, and types of screens that can be set in a true motion offense. Great details, but you need a basic understanding of motion to really make use of these notes. A great encyclopedia of all of the options available in motion, but none of the adjustments that the great ones make to adjust the offense to their personnel. John did a great job of detailing everything and is a good review set of notes.

1. Jerry Wainwright’s Encyclopedia of Coaching – This is one of the best collection of basketball thoughts that I have seen. It has over 60 pages of thoughts on offense, defense, coaching philosophy, sets, special plays, and motivational quotes. Too much information to describe here. It also includes side outs and under outs…details, details, details…

10. 1-4 High Offensive Sets – This is a collection of 1-4 High Offensive sets put together by Dan Kiser. It is the best collection of 1-4 high sets I have seen and includes over 60 plays that start from the 1-4 alignment popular because of its ability to limit help during the initial alignment. Dan is the originator of the coaches’ club and the main reason I am putting this blog together. This is just strictly plays from a 1-4 high offensive set and has some of the best scoring options available.

9. Billy Donovan Spread Pick/Roll Offense – 20 pages of the two-time national championship teams’ spread pick/roll offense. The details of these notes are excellent and it includes a section from UF’s coaching clinic from 2007. Great clinic notes that provide special insight into the offense of Billy Donovan and another version of a penetrating motion offense. The pick/roll is one of the oldest tactics in basketball and is still being implemented at the highest levels of basketball.

8. The New Memphis Offense – This is 24 pages of a basketball clinic that is very organized and detailed describing what John Calipari calls his “Princeton Offense on steroids.” Based on Vance Wahlberg’s system of dribble motion, it has the basic principles, terminology, and some quick hitters included. There are tons of notes out there on this new style of play based on the dribble drive, but this one keeps it simple and allows you to understand the basics to see if you want to learn more. Great notes.

7. McDermott’s Set Play Offense – This is a collection of coaching notes based on his DVD and makes a good case for coaches that like to call out sets rather than rely on motion offense. He says that good set plays have counters for what the defense can try and take away. He also likes the ability of a coach to determine who is going to get the next shot by use of the set play. These notes include his thoughts about teaching set plays and have over 20 pages of different sets and alignments. This is a great set of notes for coaches that like quick hitters or just want to brush up on some sets for late game situations.

6. Duke’s Motion Offense to Attack Man/Zone Defense – Coach Jerry Nicholson reviewed this popular DVD and his website is http://www.winnetkabullets.com/. This is over 43 pages of a video review that offers coaches the chance to learn a, “a sound method that is effective against man and zone defense.” The thing I like the most about this review is that it includes ALL of the breakdown drills needed to make any offense successful. This is a great review of a video by a master of motion offense in Coach K.

5. Vance Wahlberg’s Pepperdine Offense – This is popular offense that led to the success of Vance Wahlberg while he was a high school coach and a JUCO coach. However, he ran into problems at Pepperdine where the platoon system was less effective because of the talent level of division one players. I think it works well in JUCO where kids have a hard time making adjustments to the game and in high school where that same problem is exacerbated. This is a great system for motion coaches, but like the Princeton, you have to play the entire system. This is not a collection of plays, and instead is a style of play that you have to live and breathe for it to be successful. Check out Vance Wahlberg Nation for more information about this system.

4. UAB/Indiana Basketball Playbook – This is a 57-page notebook of Coach Mike Davis’s Hi/Low Offense. This is very similar to Bill Self’s offense at Kansas as well as former Coach John Brady’s offense at LSU. Personally, I have seen this offense at different levels and even used it. I HATE it because it puts too much pressure on you to get the ball reversed to the middle of the floor with one of your post players. It is too easy to force a team to immediately use their counters because it is so basic. While one cannot argue with the results of some teams using this focus on the Hi/Low attack, it is still too dependent on talent for most teams to use. But that’s just my opinion…I know guys that love it.

3. Princeton Rules and Offense – This is quickly becoming one of the most popular offenses to run due to the success of teams like Georgetown, Richmond, Northwestern, and don’t forget Bill Carmody at Northwestern. He still teaches it better than anyone even though he hasn’t had the players to win with it in the Big 10. Jeff Bdzelik at Colorado formerly of Air Force is another genius using this offense. I think that this is a great offense, but more than that, it is a system of play that demands disciplined defense as well as a commitment to ball movement and shot selection. There are several great books out on this offense and I encourage you to seek out someone already running this after you have reviewed the notes.

2. 4 Out-1 In Motion/3 Out-2 In Motion – Two separate packets over 70 pages and 120 diagrams…put together by John Carrier and is very basic while still being detailed oriented. He talks about the different cuts, angles, and types of screens that can be set in a true motion offense. Great details, but you need a basic understanding of motion to really make use of these notes. A great encyclopedia of all of the options available in motion, but none of the adjustments that the great ones make to adjust the offense to their personnel. John did a great job of detailing everything and is a good review set of notes.

1. Jerry Wainwright’s Encyclopedia of Coaching – This is one of the best collection of basketball thoughts that I have seen. It has over 60 pages of thoughts on offense, defense, coaching philosophy, sets, special plays, and motivational quotes. Too much information to describe here. It also includes side outs and under outs…details, details, details…

This is a PowerPoint presentation of 73 slides that includes music, graphics, and video to help coaches understand the drills plays and philosophies included on this resource. This is a great addition to any basketball coaches library. The coaches are from the NBA, college, and international levels.

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

This is a great collection of 4 Out - 1 In Motion Offense Notes. Easy to download. Enjoy!

1. Bill Self - this is the Kansas 4 out-1 in Motion offense that includes their Hi/Low offense as well as their press break. Over 30 pages of his offense, press break, and zone motion.

2. 4 Out-1 In Motion Overview - a huge breakdown of this motion offense that is 48 pages long. If you want an analysis of all of the options available in the offense, this is the note collection for you.

3. Jay Wright Motion - this is the 4 out motion offense used at Villanova and includes 12 pages of notes.

5. Indiana Playbook - this is 51 pages of Mike Davis' 4 out motion offense that is similar to a high/low motion offense.

6. 2/3 Man Drills - this is a booklet of motion offense breakdown drills to help you implement any kind of motion offense including the motion offense.

Also included on the notes are Georgia's 4 out motion, Bobby Lutz motion, Brownell, Tara Vanderveer's Triangle Offense, Tex Winter's Triangle Offense, and also includes a Checklist for Championship Coaching. A great collection of this offense....